The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1994
Hideo Fushimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus which can mutually translate information among a plurality of languages. The kind of first language (source language) which is supplied and the kind of second language (target language) which is generated are independently designated. Information in the source language is supplied. The supplied information in the source language is translated into information in the target language. The information in the target language as a result of the translation is displayed on the display screen. The displayed information in the target language is designated. The designated information in the target language is again translated into information in the source language. When a plurality of information in the target languages as a result of the translation exist, all of them are displayed. When the user wants to further translate the result of the translation into a third language, all of the kinds of candidate languages are displayed as a third language and the user selects a desired one of the kinds of displayed on the screen, thereby designating the kind of third language.